by Susan Haldane | Apr 26, 2016 | Day of Mourning, Safety culture
Statistics can be a bit of a struggle in the health and safety world. How many work-related injuries or illnesses are really happening in an industry, a city, a province? What are the definitions? Workplace health and safety falls under provincial jurisdiction, except...
by Susan Haldane | Apr 25, 2016 | Steps for Life
Join in the final push to support Steps for Life – Walking for Families of Workplace Tragedy Are you deadline-driven? Work best when the pressure is on? Well, then your timing is perfect! Steps for Life walks happen in communities across Canada over the next two weeks...
by Sarah Wheelan | Apr 19, 2016 | Day of Mourning, Safety culture
I was a university student when I attended my first Day of Mourning ceremony. On the morning of April 28, 2002, I stood at the local Day of Mourning ceremony unsure of what to expect. My younger brother had spent the previous 11 months in hospital after suffering...
by Susan Haldane | Apr 12, 2016 | Volunteers
One of the great joys at Threads of Life is the day when we receive an email, or a letter, or a phone call, from someone talking about how much the organization has helped them. We cherish these messages – we pass them from one to another like a bowl of candy. They...
by sandra | Apr 6, 2016 | Steps for Life
It’s a flurry of activity leading up to the Steps for Life walk, and we were wondering if we could ask for your help with something? Each year, we ask volunteers and participants to send us their best photos from the walk. We do this for two reasons. First,...
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